Featured photo: The breezy patio at Twisted Root Burger Company, one of the most inviting outdoor dining spaces in Shreveport. Photo provided by Twisted Root Burger Company. If you’ve ever wanted to sample the exotic…

The second installment of 318 Restaurant Week is scheduled for March 14-18, 2017. This edition of the local restaurant promotion will be a citywide event with nearly 40 participating eateries, 12 special, one-night-only dining experiences,…

***UPDATE: This event is SOLD OUT! Thank you for supporting 318 Restaurant Week.*** During a 318 Restaurant Week dinner at El Cabo Verde on Tuesday, March 14, Chef Gabriel Balderas will present a six-course meal…

Know an aspiring young cook, or any young person who has expressed an interest in cooking? Consider signing ’em up for the 2017 Grillin’ for Grads Kids Cook-Off, which has just opened registration. The cook-off…

It’s that time of year again: parades, parties, king cakes and crawfish – Mardi Gras season is underway in Shreveport-Bossier. To spread the word about our busy calendar of Carnival season events, the Shreveport-Bossier Convention…

Fresh from being named one of eight “Louisianians of the Year” in the January/February issue of Louisiana Life magazine, Chef Hardette Harris will host a public cooking class at The Woman’s Department Club in Shreveport…

Featured Image: The enormous Krewe of Centaur Parade rolls down Clyde Fant Parkway in Shreveport in 2014. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Do you love outstanding barbecue? Are you ready to kick-off Mardi Gras season? Can…

Featured photo: A promotional photo of The Walking Dead cast from AMC TV. This image is used for promotional purposes. On Sunday, Dec. 19, Louisiana Comic Con organizers announced that Seth Gilliam, who portrays…

Featured photo: The 610 Stompers, a 100-man dance troupe from New Orleans, are headed to Natchitoches on Saturday, Dec. 3. Photo courtesy of the 610 Stompers. Each year, the five destinations that make up…

Featured image: This photo of comedian Jeff Dunham was pulled from Dunham’s official Facebook page for promotional purposes. If you own this image and would like to see it removed, please e-mail Chris Jay at…

Please Note: This giveaway has ended and the winners have been notified. Thank you so much and Happy Thanksgiving! The Rockets Over the Red Fireworks Festival will be returning bigger and better than ever, 3-7:30…

Featured Photo: Baton Rouge-based chef and food personality Jay Ducote will cook at the Pineywoods Supper Club event on Sunday, Nov. 20. Photo by Jenn Ocken Photography and used courtesy of Jay Ducote. Over the past…

Featured photo: Chef Ernest Palmisano Jr. stands in the lounge of his restaurant in Shreveport on a Tuesday afternoon. The final one-night-only dinner experience of the inaugural 318 Restaurant Week will be held on Saturday, Nov….

Full Disclosure: The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, publishers of 20×49.com, are organizers of 318 Restaurant Week along with The Times. There’s a lot going on during the first-ever 318 Restaurant Week, Nov. 1-5, 2016,…

Featured photo: Dancers line up during the Dia de los Muertos Celebation hosted by Voces Castellanas at Columbia Park in Shreveport. Voces Castellanas, a local organization that describes itself as “a group to promote the Hispanic…

Featured Photo: “Adult Coke floats” will be served at Cloud 9 Café during a 1950s-themed night on Wednesday, Nov. 2 during the first-ever 318 Restaurant Week. As far as “stunt burgers” go – hamburgers that are outlandishly…